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  The bitter reality of death

  by Bonsai in

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  been a lot of death in my life recently.

  a close family member died yesterday.

  a close friend died 8 weeks ago - both from cancer.

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  Very sorry for your loss Bonsai.

  Stay strong and treasure each day.

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  Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents

  by Simon in

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  2. scandals

  judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.

  imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.

  by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.

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  Marked. Awaiting an update.
  
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  Introducing myself

  by scratchme1010 in

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  2. experiences

  i just joined the forum, i just want to introduce myself.

  i tried to change my bio in my profile but for some reason i couldn't apply the update.. i was born and raise in the jw organization.

  lived in it for 23 years.

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  Welcome aboard scratchme1010!

  You said: "I've known I'm gay since I reached puberty,"

  Just curious, how old were you when you figured out it's OK to be gay?

  My oldest brother figured out he was 100% gay when he was 12 (about 6 months after getting baptized) but still thought it was the "truth" even when he came out in his mid-twenties, started dating men and got DFed. Took him about a year of being out of the JWs to realize the problem was with the religion, not him.

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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  I'm very sorry to read this. WT is becoming a bit more reasonable.

  Just today we ran into a former JW at local watering hole. We instantly knew that we both were not active in the church because we both were sporting beards. We could easily dispense with the "are you still in" dance thanks to the WT beard ban.

  BRING BACK THE BAN!!!

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  All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. beliefs

  all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

  http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

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  At 0:30 in the "Shun Unrepentant Wrongdoers" it is announced that "Sonia Erickson has been disfellowshipped".

  When did they start using the term "Disfellowshipped" again in the public announcement?

  When I left around 8-9 years ago the announcement was "Sonia Erickson is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses".

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  Leaving The Cult is Exactly Like This...

  by cofty in

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  Thank you Cofty.
  
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  Hello Everyone!!!

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  my name is christian and my wife is katja, and we have been out of the organization for a year and a half.

  we were both regular pioneers and i was a ministerial servant.

  we were very much happy to be witnesses and doing our best to do more for the organization.

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  Welcome to the rest of "the world"!

  Congratulations!
  
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

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  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  Marking.

  Maybe I'll have time to read this whole beast a few years from now when I retire!
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  The Burden of Being Right by Tim Minchen

  by cofty in

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  Yes, but what would "Storm" say?

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  YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

  however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

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  Hey there CC,

  Best wishes to you during the long dark months of winter.

  om and family